Chronic Illness News Digest
The Consumer's Access to Real Medical News
Comments
Posts

Your Doctor

Antidepressants can help people with physical ills (Reuters)


SJCRG: Antidepressants are not without side effects. Looks like the route to feeling better is trial and error with a health provider willing to play along…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - March 17, 2010 at 10:13 am

Categories: Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Your Doctor, antidepressants, autoimmune diseases, cancer, care quality, depression, mind and body, neuroscience, pain, stress, wheelchairs   Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Tracheostomy in patients with long-term mechanical ventilation: A survey (sciencedirect)


SJCRG:
Tracheostomy is often associated with ICU and issues of the ederly. Medicine seems to have an easier time to decide when a patient should go on it than when it should be removed. Here is an interesting link on the topic

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - February 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Categories: Drugs and Devices, Patient Care, aging, care quality, elderly, hospice, nursing home, vegetative state   Tags: , , , , , , , ,

More than half of Americans use Internet for health (Reuters)


SJCRG: By using the internet for health the patients/consumers are gaining some measure of control. No wonder they love it!

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - February 3, 2010 at 10:12 am

Categories: Health Data, Uncategorized, care quality   Tags: , , , , , ,

Difference Between a Disease & a Syndrome (About.com,Dellwoo)


SJCRG: Plenty of “Syndromes” around, though. What does that say about the state of Medicine?

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - January 29, 2010 at 5:31 pm

Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Your Doctor, neuroscience, pain   Tags: , , , ,

When your relationship with your Doctor is consistently poor (WebMD)


SJCRG: You are in charge of your health!

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - January 26, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Categories: Your Doctor, care quality   Tags: , , , , , , , ,